- Establishment of Polytechnic at Elphinston Technical School, Dhobi Talav, Mumbai
- The Polytechnic acquired existing campus in May, 1985.
- Introduction of new diploma courses under State Government plan schemes viz. Electronics engineering and Instrumentation in 1988, Mechanical in 1989.
- Implementation of World Bank assisted projects in 1990-98. Major components were capacity expansion, quality and efficiency improvement. Under this started a new course, Computer Engineering in 1992, which was awarded academic autonomy in 1990 to design, develop, implement own curriculum and issue own diploma.
- Implementation of Canada India Industry Polytechnic Linkage Project (CIILP-2002 to 2005). The project focus was training of faculty and staff.
- The Polytechnic has been awarded Narsee Monjee Award for best performance in the year 1999 by ISTE.